Imperial Biscotti Break | Evil Twin Brewing
Brewed by:
Evil Twin Brewing
New York, United States
eviltwin.dk
Style: American Imperial Stout
Alcohol by volume (ABV): 11.50%
Availability: Rotating
Notes / Commercial Description:
The Roman Empire had a certain "je ne sais quoi" - festive food culture, extravagant architecture, and spectacular live entertainment. Some might argue the Emperors were brutal, mad, and hungry for power, and the people vain when taking baths and working out all day. Listen - that's still all part of the secret Imperial ingredient - keep it cool, clean, confident, arrogant, and flamboyant. Forza Imperiale.
Added by BlackBelt5112203 on 04-12-2012
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Ratings: 4,424 | Reviews: 677
3.49/5 rDev -19.6%
look: 4.25 | smell: 3.25 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.5
Batch #016
06:31
Pours thick and viscous deep dark brown with a dark ivory head that bubbles up slightly, and falls back down just as quick. Not much residual lace, poured pretty cold.
Right out of the can, I get hazelnut, roasty coffee, and vanilla, but also an over abundance of chili peppers (which I double and triple-checked, this is not the chili hazelnut). Definitely odd, kind of throws off the intended pleasantries that I expected. As it warms, the aroma becomes sweeter and that biscotti profile starts to become easier to smell.
Definitely past it’s prime. Roasty coffee and malt take over, with a light vanilla backbone throughout. Still nutty, but it just dies off quickly and I’m tasting that metallic can as it settles on the tongue. I’ll try to be impartial with my rating as I know this can is old and this series is good.
Mouthfeel is a little thin, with a medium carbonation and sticky finish. Warm going down the hatch, subtle burn and bitter finish.
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look: 4.25 | smell: 3.25 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.5
Batch #016
06:31
Pours thick and viscous deep dark brown with a dark ivory head that bubbles up slightly, and falls back down just as quick. Not much residual lace, poured pretty cold.
Right out of the can, I get hazelnut, roasty coffee, and vanilla, but also an over abundance of chili peppers (which I double and triple-checked, this is not the chili hazelnut). Definitely odd, kind of throws off the intended pleasantries that I expected. As it warms, the aroma becomes sweeter and that biscotti profile starts to become easier to smell.
Definitely past it’s prime. Roasty coffee and malt take over, with a light vanilla backbone throughout. Still nutty, but it just dies off quickly and I’m tasting that metallic can as it settles on the tongue. I’ll try to be impartial with my rating as I know this can is old and this series is good.
Mouthfeel is a little thin, with a medium carbonation and sticky finish. Warm going down the hatch, subtle burn and bitter finish.
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3.49/5 rDev -19.6%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 3.25 | feel: 3.25 | overall: 3.75
look: 3.5 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 3.25 | feel: 3.25 | overall: 3.75
4.54/5 rDev +4.6%
look: 4.25 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 4.75 | feel: 4 | overall: 4.5
Dark black with a small amount of dark tan head. Not to much lacing.
Smell is big coffee up front followed by chocolate, vanilla and nuts.
Taste follows the nose well. Coffee up front followed by the other flavors.
Little thin for me taste but it does have a good amount of carb and a crazy dry finish from the almonds.
Overall super enjoyable stout with some great flavors. It could be a bit thicker, but that's just picking nits.
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look: 4.25 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 4.75 | feel: 4 | overall: 4.5
Dark black with a small amount of dark tan head. Not to much lacing.
Smell is big coffee up front followed by chocolate, vanilla and nuts.
Taste follows the nose well. Coffee up front followed by the other flavors.
Little thin for me taste but it does have a good amount of carb and a crazy dry finish from the almonds.
Overall super enjoyable stout with some great flavors. It could be a bit thicker, but that's just picking nits.
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4.41/5 rDev +1.6%
look: 4 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 4.5
As good a RIS as any.
a) Pours opaque, dark and thick, with a dense short mocha head, that laces the snifter.
s) Grassy aromas, roasting coffee, malt sugar, vanilla, dried herbs, and a woody overtone.
T) More complexity but well-balanced. Herbal, grassy, dark chocolate, tobacco smoke.
F) Fit and velvety, perfect weight and gloss.
o) Meditation, oily beer to sip and converse with. A top RIS.
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look: 4 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 4.5
As good a RIS as any.
a) Pours opaque, dark and thick, with a dense short mocha head, that laces the snifter.
s) Grassy aromas, roasting coffee, malt sugar, vanilla, dried herbs, and a woody overtone.
T) More complexity but well-balanced. Herbal, grassy, dark chocolate, tobacco smoke.
F) Fit and velvety, perfect weight and gloss.
o) Meditation, oily beer to sip and converse with. A top RIS.
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4.07/5 rDev -6.2%
look: 4.5 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 4.25
look: 4.5 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 4.25
4.46/5 rDev +2.8%
look: 4.25 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4.5
look: 4.25 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4.5
4.06/5 rDev -6.5%
look: 3.75 | smell: 4 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 4
look: 3.75 | smell: 4 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 4
4.31/5 rDev -0.7%
look: 4 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4 | overall: 4.25
Pours beautifully dark and thin with a nice tan head that doesn’t stay for long, into my brand new Beers With(out) Beards NYC 2018 teku glass.
It’s very drinkable and has a great coffee taste and a subtle yet nice almond vanilla taste.
Beautiful can and a beautiful beer that doesn’t exactly taste like an 11.5% but it will certainly sneak up on you quicker than you think.
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look: 4 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4 | overall: 4.25
Pours beautifully dark and thin with a nice tan head that doesn’t stay for long, into my brand new Beers With(out) Beards NYC 2018 teku glass.
It’s very drinkable and has a great coffee taste and a subtle yet nice almond vanilla taste.
Beautiful can and a beautiful beer that doesn’t exactly taste like an 11.5% but it will certainly sneak up on you quicker than you think.
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4.25/5 rDev -2.1%
look: 4.25 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4.25
look: 4.25 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4.25
4.43/5 rDev +2.1%
look: 4.25 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 4.5
look: 4.25 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 4.5
4.18/5 rDev -3.7%
look: 4.25 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4 | overall: 4
look: 4.25 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4 | overall: 4
3.98/5 rDev -8.3%
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 4 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 4
Deep black color with a thick thin dark caramel head with medium retention.
Aroma with notes of lots of nuts, vanilla, coffee and cocoa.
Flavor with notes of vanilla, ton of nuts, cocoa, coffee, pepper, earthy and spicy hops, oak, caramel, cinnamon
Dry and bitter aftertaste with a lingering roasted nutty and vanilla note.
Medium to full creamy body with good carbonation. Alcohol of 11.5% is well disguised.
One of the nuttiest RIS I have ever drunk. Vanilla also strikes strongly, so that traditional coffee and cocoa notes stay in the backyard. Interesting, not really inviting for more revisiting.
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look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 4 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 4
Deep black color with a thick thin dark caramel head with medium retention.
Aroma with notes of lots of nuts, vanilla, coffee and cocoa.
Flavor with notes of vanilla, ton of nuts, cocoa, coffee, pepper, earthy and spicy hops, oak, caramel, cinnamon
Dry and bitter aftertaste with a lingering roasted nutty and vanilla note.
Medium to full creamy body with good carbonation. Alcohol of 11.5% is well disguised.
One of the nuttiest RIS I have ever drunk. Vanilla also strikes strongly, so that traditional coffee and cocoa notes stay in the backyard. Interesting, not really inviting for more revisiting.
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4.21/5 rDev -3%
look: 4.75 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 4.25
look: 4.75 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 4.25
4.44/5 rDev +2.3%
look: 4.25 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 4.25
look: 4.25 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 4.25
4.62/5 rDev +6.5%
look: 4 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 4.75 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 4.75
look: 4 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 4.75 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 4.75
4.03/5 rDev -7.1%
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 4 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4
Very good. A bit of a burnt coffee taste.
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look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 4 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4
Very good. A bit of a burnt coffee taste.
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3.54/5 rDev -18.4%
look: 4 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 3.25 | feel: 3.25 | overall: 3.25
look: 4 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 3.25 | feel: 3.25 | overall: 3.25
4.1/5 rDev -5.5%
look: 4.25 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4
look: 4.25 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4
4.66/5 rDev +7.4%
look: 4.5 | smell: 4.75 | taste: 4.75 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 4.5
look: 4.5 | smell: 4.75 | taste: 4.75 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 4.5
4.26/5 rDev -1.8%
look: 4 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 4.25
look: 4 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 4.25
3.75/5 rDev -13.6%
look: 3.75 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 3.75
Lots of coffee upfront. Taste is funky on the backend. Not my favorite.
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look: 3.75 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 3.75
Lots of coffee upfront. Taste is funky on the backend. Not my favorite.
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4.45/5 rDev +2.5%
look: 4 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 4.75
Pours dark and a bit syrupy compared to standard beers. Smell is similar to most imperial coffee stouts, but the sweet almond and vanilla makes it stand out. Taste is exquisite, sweet, up front coffee, hints of almond, touch of vanilla, and maybe just a very fine touch of nutmeg? But still no mistaking the taste of a stout. Feel is almost a little too sticky, but no complaints given the other factors. Overall, absolutely fantastic, just be careful with that 11.5% ABV, drank this 16oz can after a 12oz Coppertail Nightswim porter and the ol head is a bit fuzzy
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look: 4 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 4.75
Pours dark and a bit syrupy compared to standard beers. Smell is similar to most imperial coffee stouts, but the sweet almond and vanilla makes it stand out. Taste is exquisite, sweet, up front coffee, hints of almond, touch of vanilla, and maybe just a very fine touch of nutmeg? But still no mistaking the taste of a stout. Feel is almost a little too sticky, but no complaints given the other factors. Overall, absolutely fantastic, just be careful with that 11.5% ABV, drank this 16oz can after a 12oz Coppertail Nightswim porter and the ol head is a bit fuzzy
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4.62/5 rDev +6.5%
look: 4.25 | smell: 4.75 | taste: 4.75 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4.5
LOOKS: Black, looks quite viscous, with a finger of tan head that slowly recedes to a thin layer. Lacing oozes down the glass like lava.
AROMA: Coffee, big biscotti, dark chocolate, dark roasted malt, a spicy note like cinnamon, vanilla, and almonds. Definitely smells like a nice biscotti and a cup of Joe.
TASTE: I'm getting all the notes from the aroma. Alcohol is very well hidden. Really getting that spicy note as I continue to drink.
FEEL: Medium full bodied and creamy, average carbonation, drying on the very finish, a little sticky up front.
OVERALL: Superb sipper.
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look: 4.25 | smell: 4.75 | taste: 4.75 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4.5
LOOKS: Black, looks quite viscous, with a finger of tan head that slowly recedes to a thin layer. Lacing oozes down the glass like lava.
AROMA: Coffee, big biscotti, dark chocolate, dark roasted malt, a spicy note like cinnamon, vanilla, and almonds. Definitely smells like a nice biscotti and a cup of Joe.
TASTE: I'm getting all the notes from the aroma. Alcohol is very well hidden. Really getting that spicy note as I continue to drink.
FEEL: Medium full bodied and creamy, average carbonation, drying on the very finish, a little sticky up front.
OVERALL: Superb sipper.
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Imperial Biscotti Break from Evil Twin Brewing
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4,424 ratings
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